-- After Joe Staley was diagnosed with a broken eye socket in Philadelphia, the 49ers hoped their starting left tackle could return in time to play the Seahawks on Nov. 26, a week after their bye.
He might be available sooner than that.
Staley practiced Wednesday with a tinted visor covering his still-healing face, which at least gives him a chance to play Sunday against the New York Giants.
Staley declined to talk about his eye prior to Wednesday's practice. A week earlier he said team doctors wanted to see it begin to heal before they sent him back onto the field.